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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, May 17, 1862

We were ordered to strike tent and march out to the picket
line and form in line of battle. Here we remained in line until after dark.
There was heavy cannonading and musketry firing all along the line and it
continued all day. We pitched our tents in a heavy piece of timber and
established camp number 8, in our siege of Corinth.